玄 — mysterious, occultness, black
げん
玄
mysterious
げん
U+7384
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1409
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1484
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #95
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Meanings
- mysterious
- occultness
- black
- deep
- profound
Readings
- On'yomi
- げん gen
- Kun'yomi
- くろ kuro
word
げん gen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
3 wordsEach dot is a word containing 玄: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.